Man accused of rape in College Town area

Editor’s note: The State Attorney’s Office filed no charges in this case and it was closed May 19, 2017.

Darin G. Schmidt, 43, was arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping a woman in her College Town area apartment. He is being charged with six counts of sexual assault.

The victim told Tallahassee Police officers she had met Schmidt at Potbelly’s, where she said he immediately “grabbed her jacket at the small of her back and controlled her movements."

Schmidt then accompanied the victim back to her apartment complex, his arrest report said. Because she was afraid of Schmidt’s aggressive advances, she said she entered another apartment which belonged to a friend with Schmidt still following.

The victim told police, after entering her friend’s apartment, she mouthed to her friend she needed help, but the friend did not understand.

After conversing briefly with the victim and friend, Schmidt asked to use the bathroom. When the victim accompanied Schmidt to her bedroom, where her bathroom is located, Schmidt closed the door and trapped her inside, she told police.

After the alleged attack, Schmidt left the apartment and attempted to escape in the College Town area, where the victim and several friends eventually identified him and pointed him out to a TPD officer who made the arrest.

He was taken to the Leon County Jail without incident, where he bonded out on Sunday.